Fender for street-railway cars.



B. MURPHY. FENDER FOR STREET RAILWAY CARS. APPLIOATION FILED JAN.18,1909. RENEWED JAN. 4, 1910.

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Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

B. MURPHY. FENDER FOB STREET RAILWAY APPLICATION FILED JAN.18, 1909RENEWED JAN. 4, 1910.

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Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PA nr BARNEY MURPHY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO PETER N. LANDINE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

FENDER FOR STREET-RAILVVAY CARS.

Application filed January 18, 1909, Serial No. 472,873. Renewed January4, 1910.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNEY MURPHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fenders forStreet-Railway Cars; and I do hereby declare the following, when takenin connection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1 a side view of a fender constructed in accordance with myinvention and shown as applied to the end of a car. Fig. 2 a top or planview partially in section of the fender with a portion of the carstructure broken away. Fig. 3 a side View showing one of the links andbraces in the broken down position. Fig. at a side View illustrating theconnection of the foot-lever with the breakdown rod.

This invention relates to an improvement in fenders for street railwaycars, and particularly to that class which is arranged forward of thedash-board and which may be folded up against it.

The object of the invention is to provide means which will cause thefender to drop close to the track when an obstruction is encountered,and which will also yield under rearward pressure, which may also bedropped by the motorman and which may be folded up against the end ofthe car; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafterdescribed and particularly recited in the claims.

The fender proper consists of a top bar 2, front bar 3, and side bars41, and parallel straps 5. The top bar is pivotally mounted at its endsin a yoke 6 which is hinged to the outer ends of longitudinally movablerods 7, 8, mounted in brackets9 secured to the underside of theplatform. These rods slide in the brackets and upon them between theends of the brackets are coil springs 10 which allow the fender to moverearward in case an obstruction is met. Pivoted to the ends of the yokeare short links 11, and these links are pivoted to braces 12 which inturn are pivotally connected with the side bars 4, 5 of the fenderframe, and so that when these links are brought into line,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Serial No. 536,405.

as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the fender will be held in anextended position with its outer end raised above the track, and theywill be held in this position by stays 13 which may be pivotallyconnected to the brackets 9, or to any other convenient point. Thesestays spring laterally and each is formed with a notch 15 to engage withone of a series of notches 14 in the rear edge of the yoke 6 and so asto hold the yoke in a stationary position. These stays may be swungclear from the yoke so as to allow the yoke to be raised when it isdesired to fold the fender. If the stays 13 engage with the lowermostnotches in the yoke, the outer end of the fender will stand nearer thetrack, and as the stays engage with the notches higher up the outer endof the fender will be correspondingly lifted.

The pivots 16, which connect the links 11 with the braces 12, arecoupled together by ,a breakdown rod 17 and connected with this rod 17is a fork 18, the ends of which ext-end beyond the front bar 3 of thefender and into engagement with a contact bar 19, the ends of which passthrough bearings 20 in the ends of the bar 8, which bar also carriesrollers 21 at its ends to ride upon the track when the fender islowered. Springs 22 are arranged tending to throw the braces 12 andlinks 11 into alinem-ent. With the fender supported as above, if anobstruction is met the contact bar 19 will first strike the obstructionand force this bar rearward, which, through the fork 18, will rock therod 17 and turn the link 11 and brace 12 out of alinement so as to allowthe outer end of the fender to drop upon the track, thus positivelypreventing the outer end of the fender from riding over any obstructionupon the track.

To enable the motorman to drop the fender, a foot lever 24 is pivoted inthe platform to extend above and below the same, and is held in anoperative position by a coil spring 25. The lower end of the lever has ahook 26 pivoted to it and adapted to engage with the rod 17, so thatpressure upon the lever 24 will draw the rod 17 rearward, breaking downthe brace for the fender and allowing it to drop in the same manner asit would by the rearward movement of the contact bar. The hook isnormally held in position by a wire spring 27 In winter, when there issnow upon the .is immaterial how far the outer end of the fender israised above the track. hen the braces are broken down, it will droponto the track.

When the fender is not in use the stay 13 is disengaged from the yokeand the fender may be turned upward, and held in any desired manner. Itwill thus be seen that if an obstruction is met, the outer end of thefender is immediately dropped, and if a person is struck by the fender,the fender owing to the springs, will move rearward so that the blow isa yielding one.

I claim 1. A fender for street cars comprising a yoke, a frame pivotallymounted in said yoke, links and braces connecting the frame with saidyoke, a breakdown rod connecting said links, a contact bar mounted atthe outer edge of said fender and a fork con necting said contact barwith said breakdown rod, substantially as described.

2. A fender comprising a yoke, a frame pivotally connected with saidyoke, links :1 and braces coupling the lower end of said yoke with thesides of the frame, a breakdown rod connecting said links, a contact barmounted at the outer edge of said frame and adapted to be moved towardit, a fork connecting said contact bar and breakdown rod, a lever and ahook connected with said lever and adapted to engage with said breakdownrod, substantially as described.

3. A car fender comprising a yoke mounted at the outer ends of twolongitudinally movable spring-actuated rods, a frame pivotally mountedin said yoke, links and braces connecting the lower ends of said yoke,and the sides of the frame, a breakdown rod connecting said links andbraces, a contact bar arranged parallel with the forward edge of thefender and a fork connecting said coir tact bar and breakdown rod,substantially as described.

i. A car fender comprising a hinged yoke, a frame pivotally mounted insaid yoke, links and braces connecting the lower ends of said yoke withthe sides of the frame, a breakdown rod connecting the links and bracesat opposite sides, a contact bar arranged at the forward edge of saidframe and movable toward and from it, a fork connecting said contactbar, a breakdown rod, and stays adapted to engage with and support saidyoke, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

BARNEY MURPHY.

lVitnesses FREDERIC O. EARLE, CLARA L. Virus.

